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    Home » Favorite Flavors & Ingredients » Banana

    Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars

    Published: Feb 15, 2016 · by Kim Lange · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars

    Heavenly Frosted Cream Cheese Banana Bars have just the right amount of ingredients, which makes them so hard to resist! These fluffy banana bars are made with banana, vanilla Greek yogurt, vanilla flavors and paired with a creamy cream cheese frosting!

    For even more heavenly, check out 25 Heavenly Desserts!  More yogurt dessert ideas? Check out these 20 Dessert Recipes Using Greek Yogurt!

    Heavenly Banana Bars

    Same ole' story...ripe bananas need to be used.  BOOM!  They wanted to be used, so I used them good.  And might I say...even they would even like the outcome.  I did you proud bananas with my Frosted Banana Bars! Here's 25 Delicious Recipes for Ripe Bananas!  These are all awesome!

    Heavenly Banana Bars

    The really creamy, divine cream cheese frosting paired with light and fluffy banana bars is REALLY ducky! 🙂 If you don't know what 'ducky' is?  It means, it's all good!  Kind of an old school adjective that a friend I used to work with, said all the time.  I always thought it was a funny term!

    This recipe is not too over the top super banana flavored and has a fluffy, sponge cake texture.  They are the perfect snacking bars for afternoon dessert with coffee.

    Long Story Short?  I gobbled these banana bars with cream cheese frosting up like nobody's business. No wonder my husband was like..."You're eating them again?"  Umm...Crap!  *Busted again Folks!*  (I highly think he needs to stay out of my biz...ya know?)

    Heavenly Banana Bars

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    Ingredients You Need

    Banana Bars Recipe

    • sugar
    • unsalted butter
    • egg
    • Greek yogurt
    • vanilla
    •  flour
    • baking soda
    • salt
    • *1 - 2 medium ripe mashed bananas depending on how much banana flavor you want (I used 1 banana)

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • cream cheese 
    • butter 
    • vanilla extract
    • powdered sugar
    • Heavy cream if you want it more creamy

    How to Make Easy Banana Bars 

    Banana Bars

    1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
    2. Using mixer, cream sugar, butter and eggs.
    3. Add in yogurt and vanilla and mix until combined.
    4. Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, then add to wet ingredients.
    5. Stir in ripe mashed banana.
    6. Pour into a 9x13 baking pan lined with tin foil, leaving sides higher on opposite sides to pull out of pan easily or grease pan.
    7. Bake for 20 minutes.

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    1. Mix all ingredients together, then spread over cooled cake.
    2. Cut and serve, then keep remainder cake bars in refrigerator.

    Pro Tips:

    • Use only 1 banana for light and fluffier bars.
    • By using 2 bananas, bars will be more dense and more banana flavored. Both delish, just depends what texture you want!

    best banana bars with cream cheese frosting

    Double the recipe of this Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars and you get a nice large sheet cake for large gatherings. Perfectly acceptable for breakfast or as I like to think, anytime 24/7.

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    So who's ready for a slice of heaven or two of this banana bars recipe with cream cheese frosting?  You will enjoy! Happy Baking.

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    Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars

    Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars

    Kim Lange
    Heavenly Frosted Banana Bars have just the right amount of ingredients, which makes it so hard to resist all those wonderful mellow tones of banana, vanilla Greek yogurt, vanilla and cream cheese frosting....awe yum!
    3.75 from 8 votes
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    Course Dessert
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    Ingredients
      

    • ¾ cup granulated sugar
    • ¼ cup unsalted butter
    • 1 egg
    • ½ cup Greek Yogurt
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • Pinch salt
    • 1-2 ripe ripe mashed bananas medium sized

    Frosting

    • 4 oz cream cheese softened
    • ⅓ cup butter soft
    • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 2 cups powdered sugar
    • Optional: 2 tablespoons Heavy cream if you want it more creamy

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
    • Using mixer, cream sugar, butter and eggs.
    • Add in yogurt and vanilla and mix until combined.
    • Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, salt, then add to wet ingredients.
    • Stir in ripe mashed banana.
    • Pour into a 9x13 baking pan lined with tin foil, leaving sides higher on opposite sides to pull out of pan easily or grease pan.
    • Bake for 20 minutes.

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • Mix all ingredients together, then spread over cooled cake.
    • Cut and serve, then keep remainder cake bars in refrigerater.

    Notes

    • 1 banana for light and fluffier bars.
    • 2 bananas will make it a little more dense. Both delish!
    Keyword banana, bars, cream cheese frosting
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    About Kim Lange

    Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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    1. Sara says

      April 12, 2021 at 4:40 pm

      I love banana anything so I tried making these today. My only deviation from the recipe was that I used brown sugar (I was fresh out of regular sugar) and mine turned out very flat and dense, not fluffy at all. Would using brown sugar cause that difference in consistency? Or do you any suggestions as to where I could have gone wrong?

    2. Renee says

      February 27, 2020 at 10:07 am

      These sound great and I planning to make them. Just wondering whether you use Salted or Unsalted butter.

      • Kim Lange says

        February 27, 2020 at 10:21 am

        I use unsalted but you could use salted, just omit salt when it's called out in desserts. Hope you enjoy Renee!!

    3. Jodi says

      March 11, 2019 at 2:53 pm

      I made these banana bars yesterday to take to work. They tasted amazing, then paired with the delicious cream cheese frosting, they were so good. I had so many compliments from co-workers, they were gone before lunch. I used 2 bananas and I felt that was a perfect amount ~ not too strong banana taste, but perfect. They were dense, but I loved that. I will definitely be adding this recipe to my list of favorite cakes. Thanks for the great recipe!!

      • Kim Lange says

        March 12, 2019 at 9:36 pm

        Jodi, great to hear! Thank you for adding to your list of favorite cakes, that is awesome and I appreciate it so much. 🙂

    4. Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says

      May 25, 2017 at 12:25 am

      Texture of a Twinkie?! Count me in!!! These banana bars definitely sound heavenly. Pinning! Xoxo 🙂

    5. Anonymous says

      February 08, 2017 at 7:43 pm

      I am excited to make this?

      • ChocolaTess says

        February 08, 2017 at 11:16 pm

        Enjoy!!

    6. teresa says

      February 15, 2016 at 12:50 pm

      I'm sure I will be making these soon! We always have bananas that need to be used up!

      • ChocolaTess says

        February 16, 2016 at 4:39 pm

        Thanks Teresa! I hear you! I have some more as we speak! 😉

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